Brittani

first person

Living While Black, Queer and Sometimes Mistaken for Male

My white queer friends don’t know why it’s such a big deal for them to not do any of the stupid and obviously illegal things they tend to do if…

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Jun 15, 2020

comedy

Top 10 Fun and Cool Things in 2015 In Which I, Brittani, Was Amazing

You might be saying, “Brittani! Why is that fun?” And to that I say, I am a gender non-conforming black lesbian. If I couldn’t find fun in being the underdog,…

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Dec 28, 2015

first person

I Demand to Be Sexualized

This is a story about how the Buzzfeed series “You Do You” made me feel like someone might wanna do me.

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Nov 18, 2015

comedy

Netflix’s Tig Notaro Documentary Premieres Today

Tig is a story about losing love, family, and comedy and then finding them all again in places you never would’ve thought to look because Jesus Christ, you’d never want…

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Jul 17, 2015

comedy

Comedy Crush: Phoebe Robinson Loves Comedy, Captain Planet, Turkey Jerky

Phoebe Robison is a “comic, writer, and connoisseur of all things brignorant.” (That’s a combination of brilliant and ignorant). Phoebe has appeared on Last Comic Standing, Broad City, Totally Biased…

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Jul 6, 2015

playlists

Playlist: Sugarbooty Blackout Mix

Jasika Nicole and Claire Savage delivered a perfect mix on an actual CD and it was perfect.

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Jul 3, 2015

first person

The Story of “No”

This year, from April 20th until June 12th, I made some variation of “no” my Facebook status every day. It was just something I found vaguely funny but by the…

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Jul 1, 2015

comedy

Comedy Crush: Clipped’s Diona Reasonover

Queer writer/performer Diona Reasonover talks about the time before she was on TBS’s new comedy, Clipped. A time when she almost cruked (which is what she calls it when someone…

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Jun 18, 2015

love + sex

You’re Not a Piece of Shit

“You feel broken or like you’ve done something wrong but you haven’t. Wanting to not feel bad isn’t wrong.”

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Jun 16, 2015

comedy

B is Hilarious: What She’s Doing When She’s Not Texting You Back

They should make up a sixth love language that’s just Texting Back in a Polite Amount of Time.

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May 20, 2015

community

18 New Slang Terms for “Lesbian” I Just Made Up

I got to work ten minutes early so I made this list

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Apr 6, 2015

straddleverse

FRIDAY OPEN THREAD: I Just Started Using Spotify; Tell Me Your Fave Albums From the Days of Yore

It’s Friday and I’m giving you the chance to listen to embarrassing music from your youth. Get in here!

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Apr 3, 2015